Nintendo Says It’s Not Making Anymore Wii Games

Nintendo of America director of product marketing Bill Trinen has told GameSpot that the company isn’t making anymore Wii games now that the Wii U has launched. Trinen was asked whether there were any internally developed Wii games in the pipeline, to which he answered, “No, there are not right now.”

No, Just not making anymore first party games. Hardly suprising considering they need to focus development on the Wiiu , and for anyone still wanting to play a wii instead of a wiiu for some reason , they already have a huge catalog of games.
The wiiu is the new begining.

That’s exactly what support means in this case. They’ll keep making the Wii console and peripherals, but they won’t be making any new software for it. PS2 is still being sold today. I really wish they would put the Metroid Prime Trilogy back into production though.

@Kamek,
Yeah, that’s what I remember reading right here on MyNintendoNews not too long ago. That Nintendo was still going to make Wii games for a year after the Wii U releases. Things sure changed fast.

It depends on how you take his words.
“Not right now”, might as well mean that they’ll wait some time to give WiiU time in the spotlight and after the dust from it’s launch has settled, publish some Wii games too. At least Pandora’s Tower is a game many would like to see in the US as well.
Reggie has said that Nintendo will definitely keep supporting Wii for a good couple of years after WiiU so I find it hard to believe they had so suddenly changed their plans. But who knows, maybe they are really letting the Wii go and focus only on WiiU and 3DS.

I’ll stick to my Wii until Nintendo publishes a white WiiU with bigger memory. OP will deliver, I just need to wait.

for consoles anyway. with their most recent handhelds they’ve kept up support for a while after the successor launched, with GBA games dating as far as 2006 (with the 2004 DS launch), and the recent pokemon black/white 2 for DS here in 2012 after the 3DS’s 2011 launch

Is it any surprise? They need to put full focus on the Wii U. I’m sure there’ll still be a few more titles released over time, but they’re done making them. They probably have a few coming out, but they’re just not in development. Can’t wait for my WIi U to finish downloading the update!

I believe they should focus on the Wii U more. It is best to let the Wii slowly end, even though it is still a good console to have. I rather they turn their attention fully on the Wii U and make the best of the system.

in terms of video games, 3rd party are devs not involved with the consoles they make games for. 2nd party are tied to the console and 1st party are in charge of the console. 1st and 2nd party are exclusive to one console and 3rd party are not. nintendo, sony and microsoft are first party. and a developer that makes games for only one of them is second party. and a dev who makes games for two or all three of them is third party.

Understandable that they would focus on Wii U for the while. With the Wii U being completely backward compatible with Wii software and hardware. They only need to keep making the Wii hardware for those who want to buy the older console of even use it on the newer one. No need to keep making software for the Wii anymore. Leave luck to heaven.

Well, well…that’s not really supporting one of the best consoles you’ve had in some time Ninty…at the very least, release one last update to take out region lock…ok, ok now I’m in dream land….heh…I really want to play Earth Seeker though =/
(I’d say Pandora’s Tower too, but I’m European :D)

No, it does come with a resistance band. I read salopmece that resistance bands typically provide you with 5-7 lbs of resistance; I use 15 pounds weights in both hands, so I wanted a great deal more resistance but honestly, it’s also much easier to do the exercises with weights. So, fortunately, I was able to buy some recently (beginning of the year sales) at a decent (30%) discount went from 10 to 15 pounds weights after the first month of use!

Its a bit sad that they are going to let it go…the wii was a huge hit until the xbox and ps took over . wii would have done so great if other consoles hadn’t gone over the top. If the wii became a bit more modernised then it might have a chance
R.I.P Wii